Ridgeworth Investments Offers Education on Mid-caps

March 8, 2010 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - RidgeWorth Investments has published a whitepaper highlighting that a portfolio with an allocation to mid-caps had a better risk/reward relationship than a portfolio without - over both short and long time periods.

The whitepaper, “Why Mid-Caps?”, reviews historical
performance, evaluates current conditions that favor mid-caps, analyzes the
performance of mid-caps during market and economic cycles, and details why
mid-cap stocks should be an important part of investors’ allocations, according
to a press release.

In addition, RidgeWorth has launched a microsite to help
advisers demonstrate to their clients how mid-caps have consistently
outperformed large, smid and small caps over the past 30 years. The new site includes
an interactive tool that lets the user pick a specific date range to compare
mid-caps to other cap sizes, or pick a specific time period (e.g. 10 years) and
drag it through the entire 30-year period to see how different cap sizes have
done over every specific time period since 1979.

“I think many investors, and advisers for that
matter, would be surprised to find out that mid-caps beat small caps over every
rolling 10-year period since 1979,” said Jim Stueve, RidgeWorth’s Head of
Distribution, in the announcement.”The addmidcap.com microsite is a
continuation of our strategy to provide advisers with minimally-branded educational
resources and tools that help them add value for their clients.”